Unless the judge delays it, next week begins the televised trial of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer charged killing George Floyd. His killing on Chicago Avenue still echoes across the country, and puts Chauvin and a metro police department on trial to tackle racism and u…

Neighbors near Third Street and Cook may have gotten their wish. 

When it comes to space exploration, there are a lot of unknowns. For example: Does time pass at a different speed in space than on Earth? How does a gas planet stay in a spherical shape? And have there ever been life forms spotted on other planets or galaxies? 

WHITE BEAR LAKE — Whether an apartment/parking ramp project at Third Street and Cook advances remains to be seen after neighbors gave the developer an earful at a meeting last week. 

After six years of searching for a new address to relocate his chiropractic clinic, Dustin Carlson found the perfect building — Johnson-Peterson Funeral Home. It was a win-win for both parties. 

The COVID-19 pandemic has been a dark and challenging time for many families in the area, including the healthcare workers on the front lines of the crisis. But for one ICU nurse working at St. John’s Hospital in Maplewood, 2021 got started on a much brighter note. 

The weather outside may be frightful, but organizers of a new event hope that the opportunity to track down unique ice sculptures will incentivize people to get out and about through the rest of February.

ST. PAUL — The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) “could have and should have” taken actions before 2019 to properly regulate Water Gremlin, concluded a report issued last Thursday by the Office of the Legislative Auditor (OLA). 

Long before Alan Page was on the road to NFL superstardom or a role as a valued public servant in Minnesota, he was an 8-year-old boy in Ohio aware of the barriers of system racism and segregation in the United States. He also was committed to overcoming them.

It takes grit to endure the cold of a frozen lake—but for Sunrise Park middle schoolers, it’s worth it for that flash of scales beneath the ice and the sense of accomplishment at hauling in your catch. 

The Press interviewed local author Verne Pickering about his new book, “Stands Before his People: Enmegahbowh and the Ojibwe,” which will be published this month. For more information, visit the author’s website at standsbefore.com.

Getting Frisbees and paper airplanes thrown at you outside the church where you were married is not the usual way for anniversary celebrations to go, but that is exactly how John and Peggy Parenteau of White Bear Lake celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. 

Every day at 1 p.m., good friends and compatriots Jim Sobieski and James Erickson gather near a propane-fueled fire to talk politics, philosophy and family in the front yard of Sobieski’s Mahtomedi home. 

After 20 years, a boat rental business is under new ownership. 

Dirty diapers, wire hangers, batteries and old pots and pans do not belong in the recycling cart. 

Salmon fisherman Dave Barhan picked an unusual spot to build boats during the off season: White Bear Floral’s greenhouse.

Late winter can be a hard time for Minnesota birds. Insects are dormant, buried under snow or deep within trees. Seeds and grains have been picked over, and food sources are getting more difficult to find. Providing winter bird food in your yard is a great way to give birds a boost in nutrie…

Roma Market in Mahtomedi will be returning to its roots this February by replacing one of its dining rooms with a specialty meat market.

Orange and black, blue and gold; the colors of school spirit welcome customers as they walk in Hisdahl’s door. 

There are few ways to appreciate family history better than through the taste of an old family recipe—something White Bear Lake resident Ken Velky understands well. Velky recently launched Dueling Grandmas Shortbread, a bakery devoted to the recipes of two very special family matriarchs. 

There’s a happy place nearby where a 38-year-old guy like Joe Nyquist can step into a batter’s box, hitch up his pants, clench his jaw, take mighty swing, and hit a towering home run over a fence.

When a full-size polar bear pelt arrived at the desk of White Bear Lake resident Jon Kirschhoffer, it drew a lot of curious looks. For Jon and the team at 3M, it was a chance to see exactly what they were working with. 

Neither rain nor snow nor a global pandemic have stopped the mission and vision at St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church.

In the first instant when the bullets struck the car, Latrell Jackson thought it must be fireworks, or pebbles pinging off the road. His first instinct was to protect his 2-year-old cousin riding in the back seat when he felt a sharp pain in his side. That’s when he knew something was really…

A longtime ice boating enthusiast plunged through the ice on Bald Eagle Lake on Sunday. 

While ice fishing on White Bear Lake, Charlie Niemiec and Nate Nelson helped rescue Jeffrey Houchins, who fell through the ice while skating.  Andy Lemon, Randy Ness, and Nick Frucci, who were playing hockey in the area, helped transport Houchins to the Lake Avenue shore where he was treated…

WHITE BEAR LAKE — A mission to inspire philanthropy and enrich lives of those who share the lake’s shores continued in 2020 with the Greater White Bear Lake Community Foundation’s (GWBLCF) announcement of grant recipients. 

Bird nerds, rejoice: Not even COVID-19 can break a winter tradition 121 years in the making. The annual Audubon Society Christmas Bird Count will go on in the Northeast Suburban area on Dec. 26, with some alterations to reduce the risk of virus transmission.